Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (15) ¬

1. 
   Shade

   January 29, 2011 at 4:47 pm | # | Reply

   That line was so sad. I remember watching it with my family and they all thought it was amusing.

   I was just sitting there thinking, “Who wrote that?”
2. 
   Bobthecheesecake

   March 17, 2011 at 9:41 am | # | Reply

   The “adherence to science and/or rationality requires sacrificing your emotions” hollywood stereotype has got to be one of, if not the most annoying. Grr.

   • 
     Sephiroth144

     June 6, 2011 at 12:38 pm | # | Reply

     Indeed- gimme Gaius; uber-genius, flawed, and getting laid all the time. Granted, bit of a narcissistic douche, but still, 3ways.
   • 
     Dave (aka Nev the Deranged)

     June 24, 2011 at 7:09 pm | # | Reply

     Oh so very true. As is the similar/related “Logic = ignoring intangible factors” trope.
3. 
   PleasingFungus

   April 20, 2011 at 2:44 am | # | Reply

   His expression in the bottom-left is priceless.
4. 
   Rayri

   September 28, 2011 at 10:46 am | # | Reply

   I am a student of SCIENCE

   and I hate movies that do this; emotions are quite real even from a scientific perspective anyways. The guy is totally right xP
5. 
   Twigs

   November 9, 2011 at 3:43 pm | # | Reply

   If I were a guy, I would be that guy.

   But I can’t be, because I have to go seduce Sherlock Holmes. Incapable of love my foot.
6. 
   BlueMario

   December 8, 2011 at 1:53 pm | # | Reply

   I am a SCIENCE of STUDENT! Wait, I think I got that wrong.

   Anyway, I’m on that side (the “no/little emotions side), but it’s do to complications and personal choice, not for some balogna reason like that.

   Also, as an amature psycologist, I was able to (partially) lock up my emotions, which is safe. Bottling them up isn’t
7. 
   molochmachine

   December 16, 2011 at 9:26 am | # | Reply

   To be fair, evo-psych is highly permeated by pseudo-scientific bullshit used to justify and perpetuate so-called ‘traditional’ gender roles, and as such, isn’t exactly the most water-tight field of inquiry.

   • 
     RogerWorkman

     January 3, 2012 at 11:29 pm | # | Reply

     +1. Strongly agree.
     http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.html?pagewanted=all

     “Biologists argue that these and other social behaviors are the precursors of human morality. They further believe that if morality grew out of behavioral rules shaped by evolution, it is for biologists, not philosophers or theologians, to say what these rules are. ”
     In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers terms: evolutionary psychology is like the Alpha 5 of legit Science.
   • 
     Thomas

     October 9, 2012 at 5:05 pm | # | Reply

     Both of you just say that because your ancestors on the savannah … well.
8. 
   CSB

   April 26, 2012 at 8:05 pm | # | Reply

   I personally figured the line was more motivated by “what can I say that will get him to shut up and leave me alone the quickest” than any actual belief in the claim.
9. 
   Angel

   October 29, 2012 at 2:15 am | # | Reply

   can Hollywood make ONE movie where the scientist is a normal human being?
10. 
    Dreadjaws

    November 27, 2012 at 5:30 pm | # | Reply

    I really liked the movie. I’ve never watched the cartoon or read the comics, so I don’t know how good of an adaptation it was (though I hear it wasn’t a very good one), but I found it a good action film.

    But that line drove me insane. It was stupid for so many reasons. I cringe every time I hear it.
11. 
    Mo

    May 9, 2013 at 5:22 pm | # | Reply

    Is she played by Deb from Napoleon Dynamite?